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FILE NAME: Goodyear (GY) DATE: 1959 Mar 18 DOC#: GY015 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Government Inspection Results T ie X1C0STRXAL COMMISSION C? GH30 DIVISION OP SAFETY AND HYGIENE March i 8 | 19M Nr* J w n i H. Flukex, S uperintendent D ivision o f Safety and Hygiene Colwwbut, Chio Rei Goody*ax Tlx* 1 Rubber Company Akrca, Chlo 1. Ch March 12 a v i s i t m i esd* to th * sh o w named company t o check on th re e departm ents. TDis v i s i t was ad* a s a r a s u l t o f a l t t * r x*c*lv*d from Mr. H. H. Ferguson, Ovalroan S afety C oam lttee, Goodyear Local #2, UJCUUPSA. 2 . C ontact eea mads 1th R obert Kawilng, S afety D ire e te r) R obert . Flck.es, A s s is ta n t S afety D lre c to ri H. H. Ferguson, Chairmsn Union S afe ty Committeej H. A. E ableton, Uamber o f Union S afety Cesamitteot and A rt Minson, Ueaber of th* Onion Safety Committee. 3. Th* company m anufactures rubber t i r e s , b e l t s , and a l l i e d p ro d u e ts. 4 . The f i r s t prob loo under c o n sid e ra tio n was a c o n d itio n In Department 272-A at the B alt Building tab les. In th is department large conveyor b e lts are b u ilt. When th e b e lts come o ff th e r o l l s and onto a e ta l ta b le s sometimes th e re ar> Im perfections on th e su rface end I t la necessary to hand bru sh an ap p ro p riate compound or so lv en t on th e n . T h is work l e done In a room approxim ately 600* x 120' x 6 0 ' to th e r o o f . The o p e ra tio n take p la c e In ap p ro x iaately 100* of t h i s room. Although th e re la no m echanical v e n t i l a t i o n in th# roou>, th e r e i s decided a i r movement a t th e ta b le s due to exhaust fan s in o th er rooms. Replacement a i r comas from leakage and from a few o f th e windows t h a t were open. There a re many window in tho b u ild in g . 5 . In th e p a s t month th e company d isco n tin u ed u sin g a ccroont which i s reported to be a stick y substance end s ta rte d to ut* a pure s o lv e n t. I t is reported t h a t th# th in n er In th* cement l a th e asm* aa th* so lv en t* now used. The so lv e n ts now used s re i Robin*, which is to lu en e, fla rh p o in t 40P Kekei, which i s methyl e th y l k eto n e, fla s h p o in t 3CF Odine, which i s a dsodexited g a so lin e , fla s h p o in t -15F Toxins, which is a deodorised g aso lin e , fla sh p o in t -ih P 6. T his n o ta r ia l la applied by an employe* dipping a hand swab in to a safety can, depressing tl.* screen, g e ttin g i t satu ra te d with th* a w ta rla l, then rubbing I t over th* su rfa c e of th* b e l t . Th* hand swab I s a block of wood w ith c lo th on on* side and a handle on to p . Khar an employee on on* side of th * ta b le hsa reached as fa r aa he can ha peases th e swab to an employee on th * o th er eld* who fin is h e s th e swabbing o p e ra tio n . 7 . They were not doing t h i s work a t th e time o f th* v i s i t bu t employees accom o dated by swabbing a 6* se c tio n of the b e l t , th * b e l t being about 5* wide. The m a te ria l used was Odin* which is e deodorised g a s o lin e . G asoline i s r e p o rted to have a fla s h p o in t o f -45F . I t i s pro b ab le t h a t th* Odlna co n tain s la s s of th* extrem ely v o l a t i l e c o n s titu e n ts of g ee o lin o and probably would hava a fla s h p oint of hoxano, approxim ately -13F. 8. A sample was taken in th* b re a th in g son* c f an employe* who was on th a down wind sid e of the ta b le when th e Odin* was a p p lie d . The sam ple, which wait taken w ith an UCR gas t e s t e r , in d ic a te d between 200 to 00 p a r ts pur s i l l ion. 7hlc corresponds to between .02 and .0 4 # , Th* lower e x p lo siv e lim it of g aso lin e is 1.32. In o th er words, th e re would have to be 1.3X gasoline ia tfe fcreethlng v x * H m employee A f * a f l a i i " f* H t t l l paint* xt ill W observed t t l t th* ecncswtraiion la 1W tre a tin g w a l l I * 1 / a t tho low explosive lte lta , Ths t a d " eilowsM# cw M otnU m fee gasoline, * d la g to B ulletin 303 of th# Industrial C w lw loA f i t 730 p arts por U llot* At the point a t A le* the eelveat 1$ applied, the concentration M id be wail la raeeta ef the lower exploa've lla it* i event d a fire there wowId be a flash a t th* point a t A ich the eelveat is applied bat the flaws would not be prspegatmd to the point A cre i t weald enpelf an w^.ley*e. 9* A s e lv e n t l e weed only abwet 1?< e f th e t i n e . 10. S ta tle e le c trlfi parts oawld be heard cn c fclag where th e b e lts cone ? i l ro ll sad separated fraw th e cloth* Zt wee ( p o ssib le f e r on* person to put hi hood an th e weeing b e l t ad a n o th e r person t o touch him sad g e t * very strong s t s t t s shoe*. 7hs eow say re p o rts th a t e l l ta b le s sad o th e r equipment are grounded aad the grounding hoe bean, te s te d by t h e i r e l e c tr ic a l engineers* 11. Me. ta m in g checked th e re c o rd s o f th e P ise Department on t h i s eewpany and they reported th a t they have bed eo f i r e la th e b e lt department slnee Jan uary 1. W ployees, however, re p o rt th a t they have 2 or 3 f la A f ir e s per week In t h i s deportm ent. These f l a A f i r e s co u ld ecus end th e f i r e d e p a rt- went not be n o tifie d . 12. I t le rsccawendsd th a t an e le c tr ic a l engineer fo r th e company wsks a couplet s\ndy of the s ta tic e l e c tr ic ity and develop a wethod f e r e lim in a tin g i t . This study should be eoapleted 'a 2 weeks. 13. Depurtnent 243. In D epartnent 243 a compound knoun a s Acer 1 made on a p i l o t p la n t b a s is . This e a t a r i a l l e an c n tl-s c c rc h a c c e le r a to r . The chemical news e f th e substance i s not m entioned l a t h i s re p o r t because i t 1 con sid ere d s e c r e t. Accenting to th e etmpmny. i t i s a prim ary i r r i t a n t bu t w p ley ee t do not develop s e n s itiv ity to i t . I t 1* p a r tic u la r ly I r r i ta t in g to th e eyes* EMpleyees in t h i s d e p a rtn e n t e re p ro v id ed , i f th e y ee d e s ir e , i t h chcwloal type goggles in o rd er to keep i t m t e f t h e i r *7e e . They were n e t wearing such goggle. The nothod o f packaging c o n siste d of an a l l o y s hand scooping th* e a ta r i a l which w i In a fla k e o r powder f e in fro u a drum in to a bag. Hla exposure to d u s t was q u it* W avy. Tt 1 rscwawanled th a t a Syntrons feed er, which th e coapany h at on hand, be used issu cilately to re p lace bend bagging. If th e o p eratio n I s asde perm r..ent. s re g u la r bagger should be provided. 14. Alee In Department 243 th e re la a texubbex, approxim ately 30" in d isn et z and 20* hig h , which i s used fo r th e removal o f e lid e s o f n itro g e n c re a te d in a chemical process in th is p ls a t. This scrubber i s f ille d w ith sta in le ss s te e l saddles and the so lu tio n co n sist* o f ediuo hydroxide. Sodluu N itrite and o th e r p ro d u c ts, which a re formed in th e sc ru b b e r, e re captured end ro used. The purpose o f the scrubber i s t e k>tp a n ag atlv e p re s su re on the v e s s e ls eo th a t the oxides o f n ltro g n n do n o t escap - in to th e a i r . I t 1 designed to handle approximately 280 cubic fe e t per minute of a i r . This scrubber has only Wan in operation since th e f i r s t of the year and a ll the `'bugs" have vet been e l In in a te d . O ccasionally too high a volume of a i r goes through and a lk a li m itts escape through th e sta c k . 13. I t i s recoowunded th a t ste p s be taken to see th a t the aorubbeT la operated p ro p erly and th a t th e c o n tro ls and dampers a re p ro p arly s a t . 16. I t was s pleasure to v i s i t t h i s p la n t and th e cooperation extended by both management and lab o r is g r e a tly a p p re c ia te d . 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